WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:07.000 Beep. 00:07.000 --> 00:12.000 Beep. 00:12.000 --> 00:17.000 Beep. 00:17.000 --> 00:22.000 Beep. 00:22.000 --> 00:27.000 Beep. 00:27.000 --> 00:32.000 Beep. 00:32.000 --> 00:37.000 Beep. 00:37.000 --> 00:41.000 This week on the Computer Chronicles, the conclusion of the Computer Bowl. 00:41.000 --> 00:46.000 We'll go back to Boston for the final two rounds of this 10th annual Computer Bowl 00:46.000 --> 00:52.000 to see whether the traditional techies from the East Coast can catch up with the wild, wild geeks from the West Coast 00:52.000 --> 00:57.000 in this contest to see who knows more about the trivia of computers and the Internet. 00:57.000 --> 01:00.000 Cheers star John Ratzenberger joins me as co-host. 01:00.000 --> 01:05.000 The contestants include Netscape's Mark Andresen, Storm Systems CEO Bill Kraus, 01:05.000 --> 01:09.000 Starwave CEO Mike Slade, Yo-Yo Dine president Seth Godin, 01:09.000 --> 01:13.000 Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal, and Mike Zisman of Lotus. 01:13.000 --> 01:15.000 The East is behind, but who will win? 01:15.000 --> 01:21.000 The conclusion of Computer Bowl X coming up next on the Computer Chronicles. 01:21.000 --> 01:25.000 Computer Chronicles is made possible in part by SoftSource, Inc., 01:25.000 --> 01:30.000 publishers of Pro1's Mathematics Tutor in a Box for school year 98-99, 01:30.000 --> 01:33.000 including six CDs and workbook, 01:33.000 --> 01:39.000 and by Z Auction, the live online shopping experience. 01:39.000 --> 01:42.000 Additional funding from PC Connection and Mac Connection, 01:42.000 --> 01:46.000 the catalog and online superstore with PC and Mac products, 01:46.000 --> 01:51.000 and full free technical support in overnight delivery. 01:51.000 --> 01:57.000 And by Windows Magazine, delivering desktop, enterprise, and Internet computing news, 01:57.000 --> 02:06.000 reviews, features, and how-tos for a Windows world, because the world runs on Windows. 02:06.000 --> 02:11.000 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 1998 Computer Bowl. 02:11.000 --> 02:15.000 Here's your host for tonight from the PBS TV series, the Computer Chronicles, 02:15.000 --> 02:18.000 Mr. Stuart Shafae. 02:18.000 --> 02:20.000 All right, good evening, ladies and gentlemen. 02:20.000 --> 02:26.000 We're ready to resume Computer Bowl X as we prepare to start round three here of the 1998 Computer Bowl. 02:26.000 --> 02:29.000 Let us update the score right now. Can we see the scoreboard, please? 02:29.000 --> 02:33.000 What is the score as we start round three? Can we get the scoreboard up on the screen? 02:33.000 --> 02:37.000 It is West Coast, 80, East Coast, 40. 02:37.000 --> 02:40.000 Plenty of time, plenty of time, two rounds to go here. 02:40.000 --> 02:43.000 All right, let me briefly reintroduce our players. 02:43.000 --> 02:45.000 First, we have the visiting West Coast team. 02:45.000 --> 02:49.000 We have Mark Andreessen, Senior Vice President of Product Development at Netscape. 02:49.000 --> 02:51.000 We have Scott Cook, Chairman of Intuit. 02:51.000 --> 02:56.000 We have the captain of the West Coast team, technology columnist for The New York Times, Denise Caruso. 02:56.000 --> 02:59.000 Bill Krause, President and CEO of Storm Technology. 02:59.000 --> 03:03.000 Mike Slade, Chairman and CEO of StormWave. 03:03.000 --> 03:05.000 That's the West Coast team. 03:05.000 --> 03:09.000 All right, for the East Coast team, the players are Seth Godin, President of Yo-Yo Dine. 03:09.000 --> 03:13.000 We have David Berg, Personal Technology Journalist for The Wall Street Journal. 03:13.000 --> 03:16.000 We have Mike Zisman, Captain of the East Coast team. 03:16.000 --> 03:19.000 Mike is Executive Vice President of Strategy at Lotus. 03:19.000 --> 03:22.000 Ken Walsh, President of the Software Publishers Association. 03:22.000 --> 03:28.000 And Robert Ziff, President of Ziff Brothers Investment. 03:28.000 --> 03:36.000 Our judges again, Dan Bricklin and Andy Cunningham. 03:36.000 --> 03:40.000 Doing a stellar job under difficult circumstances. 03:40.000 --> 03:44.000 And of course, our questioner, you know him from Cheers, John Ratzenberger. 03:44.000 --> 03:47.000 Thank you, thank you, thank you. 03:47.000 --> 03:49.000 All right, John, it's round three. 03:49.000 --> 03:51.000 There's a 40-point spread. 03:51.000 --> 03:52.000 It's going to be a good game. 03:52.000 --> 03:53.000 Let's get going with the first question. 03:53.000 --> 03:57.000 All righty, MIME, or as they say in French, Meme, 03:57.000 --> 04:03.000 is a popular Internet protocol used in everything from email attachments to HTTP headers. 04:03.000 --> 04:06.000 What does the acronym MIME stand for? 04:06.000 --> 04:07.000 Mark. 04:07.000 --> 04:10.000 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. 04:10.000 --> 04:11.000 Anybody knows, you ought to know. 04:11.000 --> 04:13.000 All right, that's correct. 04:13.000 --> 04:14.000 Another 10 on the West. 04:14.000 --> 04:15.000 Go, John. 04:15.000 --> 04:20.000 All right, many schools and state education systems are striving to provide computers for their students. 04:20.000 --> 04:27.000 Of the 50 states, which one has the best, that is, the highest ratio of computers for students? 04:27.000 --> 04:28.000 All right, Bill Krause thinks he already knows. 04:28.000 --> 04:29.000 Alaska. 04:29.000 --> 04:31.000 That is not correct. 04:31.000 --> 04:33.000 No, that was multiple choice. 04:33.000 --> 04:34.000 I know, but he buzzed in. 04:34.000 --> 04:35.000 Oh, he did? 04:35.000 --> 04:36.000 I'm sorry. 04:36.000 --> 04:37.000 He buzzed in, so we get to ask the question again. 04:37.000 --> 04:38.000 What a knucklehead. 04:38.000 --> 04:41.000 If you get the chance, if they lost 10, you can get 10. 04:41.000 --> 04:42.000 Just wait for me. 04:42.000 --> 04:43.000 Just listen to the question. 04:43.000 --> 04:45.000 All righty. 04:45.000 --> 04:50.000 Highest ratio of computers per student is in California, Florida, Minnesota, or Massachusetts? 04:50.000 --> 04:51.000 So somebody's got to buzz in. 04:51.000 --> 04:53.000 Which of those four states, Mike? 04:53.000 --> 04:54.000 Minnesota. 04:54.000 --> 04:55.000 Sorry? 04:55.000 --> 04:56.000 Minnesota. 04:56.000 --> 04:57.000 That's wrong. 04:57.000 --> 04:58.000 It's Florida. 04:58.000 --> 04:59.000 Nobody got that one. 04:59.000 --> 05:00.000 Can you imagine? 05:00.000 --> 05:01.000 You never know. 05:01.000 --> 05:02.000 All right. 05:02.000 --> 05:03.000 All right. 05:03.000 --> 05:07.000 Electronic Engineering Times recently ran a story about a particularly high-tech object 05:07.000 --> 05:12.000 and dubbed it the most common man-made object on Earth. 05:12.000 --> 05:13.000 What is the object? 05:13.000 --> 05:19.000 Is it a DRAM chip, a microprocessor, a resistor, or a transistor? 05:19.000 --> 05:20.000 Good question. 05:20.000 --> 05:21.000 Mark? 05:21.000 --> 05:22.000 Transistor. 05:22.000 --> 05:23.000 That is not correct. 05:23.000 --> 05:24.000 Hey, wrong answer. 05:24.000 --> 05:25.000 Sorry. 05:25.000 --> 05:26.000 It is a DRAM chip. 05:26.000 --> 05:27.000 More DRAM chips than anything else. 05:27.000 --> 05:29.000 DRAM chips are made of transistors. 05:29.000 --> 05:30.000 Right. 05:30.000 --> 05:31.000 That makes no sense. 05:31.000 --> 05:32.000 Well... 05:32.000 --> 05:33.000 Come on. 05:33.000 --> 05:34.000 Come on. 05:34.000 --> 05:35.000 Good point. 05:35.000 --> 05:36.000 And so are microprocessors, so... 05:36.000 --> 05:37.000 Yeah, but... 05:37.000 --> 05:38.000 All chips are made of transistors. 05:38.000 --> 05:39.000 All right. 05:39.000 --> 05:40.000 We'll leave it to Dan and Andy. 05:40.000 --> 05:41.000 That's a fair point, but I would buy it. 05:41.000 --> 05:42.000 All chips are made of transistors. 05:42.000 --> 05:43.000 It's an object. 05:43.000 --> 05:44.000 Let's have it. 05:44.000 --> 05:45.000 It's an object. 05:45.000 --> 05:46.000 Not the components of the object. 05:46.000 --> 05:47.000 A transistor is an object. 05:47.000 --> 05:48.000 Andy says wrong. 05:48.000 --> 05:49.000 No, let's move along. 05:49.000 --> 05:50.000 Let's move along. 05:50.000 --> 05:51.000 Go away. 05:51.000 --> 05:52.000 We've got a light on over here. 05:52.000 --> 05:53.000 Hey, we're tough. 05:53.000 --> 05:54.000 We've got a light. 05:54.000 --> 05:55.000 For some reason, Robert's light is on, but he had finished the question. 05:55.000 --> 06:01.000 So can we reset? 06:01.000 --> 06:02.000 All right, John, go. 06:02.000 --> 06:03.000 All right. 06:03.000 --> 06:04.000 I thought it stood for Dodge Ram myself. 06:04.000 --> 06:05.000 All right. 06:05.000 --> 06:10.000 Computer companies obviously have a big stake in the future of legislation and regulatory 06:10.000 --> 06:11.000 practices. 06:11.000 --> 06:14.000 Perhaps with that in mind, many of them donate to political campaigns. 06:14.000 --> 06:19.000 But which company gave more soft money to political action committees in 1996? 06:19.000 --> 06:23.000 Was it Microsoft, Gateway 2000, Powersoft, or Pixar? 06:23.000 --> 06:25.000 Who was the big money giver, Mark? 06:25.000 --> 06:26.000 Microsoft. 06:26.000 --> 06:29.000 That is not correct, believe it or not. 06:29.000 --> 06:33.000 Gateway 2000 by a considerable amount, actually. 06:33.000 --> 06:34.000 All right. 06:34.000 --> 06:35.000 All right. 06:35.000 --> 06:36.000 Let's go to our next video question. 06:36.000 --> 06:38.000 Hey, it's 80 points, 40 points. 06:38.000 --> 06:39.000 That's where we started this round. 06:39.000 --> 06:40.000 All right. 06:40.000 --> 06:42.000 Our next celebrity question comes from John Mitchell. 06:42.000 --> 06:47.000 He's president of the business printer division and vice president of Lexmark. 06:47.000 --> 06:50.000 Here is his question. 06:50.000 --> 06:55.000 In the 1970s, Gary Starkweather designed an important new technology that would forever 06:55.000 --> 06:57.000 change the way people use computers. 06:57.000 --> 07:00.000 The code name for this project was Dover. 07:00.000 --> 07:04.000 Starkweather went on to win an Academy Award in 1995 for his technical contributions to 07:04.000 --> 07:07.000 computer-generated film animation. 07:07.000 --> 07:09.000 What did Starkweather design? 07:09.000 --> 07:16.000 Was it the laser printer engine, the scanner, the CD-ROM drive, or the fax machine? 07:16.000 --> 07:17.000 Mike? 07:17.000 --> 07:18.000 Laser printer engine. 07:18.000 --> 07:19.000 Absolutely. 07:19.000 --> 07:20.000 Ten points over here, please. 07:20.000 --> 07:21.000 All right. 07:21.000 --> 07:22.000 All right. 07:22.000 --> 07:23.000 Narrowing the gap here. 07:23.000 --> 07:24.000 Yeah, go ahead, John. 07:24.000 --> 07:25.000 All right. 07:25.000 --> 07:26.000 Apple Computer recently scrapped... 07:26.000 --> 07:27.000 They didn't get their points. 07:27.000 --> 07:28.000 They didn't. 07:28.000 --> 07:29.000 Oh, oh. 07:29.000 --> 07:30.000 They didn't get their points yet, guys. 07:30.000 --> 07:31.000 That was ten points to the east. 07:31.000 --> 07:32.000 Let's keep up. 07:32.000 --> 07:33.000 These east coast guys are no dummies, you know. 07:33.000 --> 07:34.000 All right. 07:34.000 --> 07:35.000 Go, John. 07:35.000 --> 07:36.000 One trick's in, I'm sure. 07:36.000 --> 07:37.000 All right. 07:37.000 --> 07:38.000 Apple Computer. 07:38.000 --> 07:39.000 Apple Computer recently scrapped the next-generation operating system for the Macintosh. 07:39.000 --> 07:40.000 What was the code name for that operating system? 07:40.000 --> 07:41.000 Was it Allegro Copernicus? 07:41.000 --> 07:42.000 No. 07:42.000 --> 07:43.000 No. 07:43.000 --> 07:44.000 No. 07:44.000 --> 07:45.000 No. 07:45.000 --> 07:46.000 No. 07:46.000 --> 07:47.000 No. 07:47.000 --> 07:48.000 No. 07:48.000 --> 07:49.000 Oh, I'm sorry. 07:49.000 --> 07:50.760 Was it Allegro Copeland Rhapsody or Yellow Box? 07:50.760 --> 07:51.760 Yeah. 07:51.760 --> 07:52.760 Copeland. 07:52.760 --> 07:53.760 Of course. 07:53.760 --> 07:54.760 That was an easy one. 07:54.760 --> 07:55.760 All right. 07:55.760 --> 07:56.760 Another ten points. 07:56.760 --> 07:57.760 Ten points over here. 07:57.760 --> 07:58.760 Let's make sure we get the scoreboard up to date, please. 07:58.760 --> 07:59.760 Sixty. 07:59.760 --> 08:00.760 Sixty. 08:00.760 --> 08:01.760 Sixty. 08:01.760 --> 08:02.760 Sixty. 08:02.760 --> 08:03.760 It should be sixty. 08:03.760 --> 08:04.760 We'll get the scoreboard up to date. 08:04.760 --> 08:05.760 They've won two points now. 08:05.760 --> 08:06.760 We're trying. 08:06.760 --> 08:07.760 Okay. 08:07.760 --> 08:08.760 All right. 08:08.760 --> 08:09.760 We'll keep on going while they work on the scoreboard. 08:09.760 --> 08:10.760 All right. 08:10.760 --> 08:11.760 All right. 08:11.760 --> 08:12.760 All right. 08:12.760 --> 08:13.760 All right. 08:13.760 --> 08:14.760 I tell you what. 08:14.760 --> 08:16.760 These questions are all about the Internet. 08:16.760 --> 08:19.760 So how many points would you like to wager on each question? 08:19.760 --> 08:20.760 10, 20, or 30. 08:20.760 --> 08:24.760 These will all be Internet-based questions. 08:24.760 --> 08:28.760 Difficult Internet-based questions. 08:28.760 --> 08:32.760 Even Mark Andreessen may not be able to answer. 08:32.760 --> 08:33.760 We'll do 20. 08:33.760 --> 08:34.760 20. 08:34.760 --> 08:35.760 Whoa. 08:35.760 --> 08:36.760 20 points apiece. 08:36.760 --> 08:43.760 The Journal of Science recently estimated the total number of pages on the Internet. 08:43.760 --> 08:46.760 How many pages did they come up with? 08:46.760 --> 08:53.760 And I will accept an answer within 50 million of the correct answer. 08:53.760 --> 09:04.760 Total number of pages worldwide on the Internet within 50 million. 09:04.760 --> 09:08.760 Total number of pages worldwide on the Internet right now is? 09:08.760 --> 09:09.760 What do you say, Denise? 09:09.760 --> 09:10.760 350 million. 09:10.760 --> 09:11.760 You guys are darn good. 09:11.760 --> 09:15.760 That's the correct answer. 09:15.760 --> 09:17.760 The correct answer was between 300 and 320. 09:17.760 --> 09:18.760 That was fair enough. 09:18.760 --> 09:19.760 All right. 09:19.760 --> 09:20.760 I said 350. 09:20.760 --> 09:24.760 In the same report in the Journal of Science, 09:24.760 --> 09:28.760 investigators tested the performance of various search engines. 09:28.760 --> 09:30.760 Here's the question they asked. 09:30.760 --> 09:37.760 What fraction of the total relevant pages on the Internet could the best search engine actually find? 09:37.760 --> 09:43.760 Was it one quarter of them, one third of them, one half of them, or two thirds of them? 09:43.760 --> 09:51.760 What was the performance of the best search engine in terms of what fraction of total relevant pages it came up with? 09:51.760 --> 09:52.760 One third. 09:52.760 --> 09:53.760 That's right. 09:53.760 --> 09:54.760 All right. 09:54.760 --> 09:56.760 You guys are sharp. 09:56.760 --> 09:57.760 All right. 09:57.760 --> 09:58.760 Got another shot. 09:58.760 --> 09:59.760 Now another 20 points. 09:59.760 --> 10:04.760 The Webby's held their second annual awards event this year honoring nearly 20 of the best worldwide websites. 10:04.760 --> 10:10.760 What website won the Webby Award for the weirdest site? 10:10.760 --> 10:11.760 Multiple choice. 10:11.760 --> 10:19.760 Was it Bert is Evil, the Museum of Dirt, the Crash Site, or Elvis on the Moon? 10:19.760 --> 10:22.760 And these are all real websites, by the way. 10:22.760 --> 10:31.760 Which won for the weirdest website in the 1998 Webby Awards? 10:31.760 --> 10:32.760 104. 10:32.760 --> 10:34.760 I think you answered Denise. 10:34.760 --> 10:36.760 It is. 10:36.760 --> 10:37.760 It is Denise. 10:37.760 --> 10:38.760 Bert is Evil. 10:38.760 --> 10:39.760 All right. 10:39.760 --> 10:47.760 That website incidentally was set up by Lonnie Anderson. 10:47.760 --> 10:51.760 So just wanted you to know. 10:51.760 --> 10:52.760 All right. 10:52.760 --> 10:53.760 My goodness. 10:53.760 --> 10:55.760 It's 140 West Coast, East Coast 60. 10:55.760 --> 10:57.760 You'll get your turn on another bonus round soon. 10:57.760 --> 10:59.760 John gave them the next question. 10:59.760 --> 11:04.760 The so-called chip-enabled card or the smart card was invented by a Frenchman, Marc Lasus. 11:04.760 --> 11:07.760 When did he invent the first version of the smart card? 11:07.760 --> 11:11.760 Was it 1988, 1978, 68, or 1958? 11:11.760 --> 11:13.760 When did the smart card come, Mike? 11:13.760 --> 11:14.760 78. 11:14.760 --> 11:15.760 78 is right. 11:15.760 --> 11:16.760 Well done. 11:16.760 --> 11:17.760 10 points. 11:17.760 --> 11:18.760 All right. 11:18.760 --> 11:20.760 Time for our next celebrity video question. 11:20.760 --> 11:24.760 This comes from Gwen Bell, founding president of the Computer Museum. 11:24.760 --> 11:27.760 Here is Gwen's question. 11:27.760 --> 11:32.760 Vice President Al Gore recently announced the Internet2 project. 11:32.760 --> 11:43.760 $500 million has been pledged toward development of this new Internet system by three major companies involved in telecommunications. 11:43.760 --> 11:47.760 Can you name two of the three companies? 11:47.760 --> 11:48.760 All right. 11:48.760 --> 11:49.760 Marc? 11:49.760 --> 11:51.760 AT&T and MCI. 11:51.760 --> 11:54.760 That is not correct. 11:54.760 --> 11:55.760 You were so confident. 11:55.760 --> 11:59.760 Cisco, Northern Telecom, and Quest Communications are the three companies. 11:59.760 --> 12:00.760 All right. 12:00.760 --> 12:01.760 Go ahead, John. 12:01.760 --> 12:02.760 Next question. 12:02.760 --> 12:03.760 All right. 12:03.760 --> 12:10.760 IBM's chess-playing computer Deep Blue was a very fast computer, but IBM's new $85 million computer called Option White will be even faster. 12:10.760 --> 12:11.760 How much faster? 12:11.760 --> 12:15.760 10 times, 100 times, 1,000 times, or 1 million times? 12:15.760 --> 12:17.760 Robert thinks he knows the answer. 12:17.760 --> 12:18.760 100 times. 12:18.760 --> 12:20.760 That is not correct. 12:20.760 --> 12:25.760 He completed the question, so the answer was 1,000. 12:25.760 --> 12:26.760 We'll move on to the next question, John. 12:26.760 --> 12:27.760 All right. 12:27.760 --> 12:34.760 Researchers at IBM's Zurich Laboratory recently built the world's smallest version of a familiar computational gadget. 12:34.760 --> 12:41.760 Was it a tiny pocket calculator, a miniature PC, the world's smallest slide rule, or a tiny abacus? 12:41.760 --> 12:42.760 All right. 12:42.760 --> 12:43.760 Marc? 12:43.760 --> 12:44.760 A tiny abacus. 12:44.760 --> 12:45.760 You're right. 12:45.760 --> 12:47.760 This guy reads everything. 12:47.760 --> 12:48.760 All right, John. 12:48.760 --> 12:49.760 Next question. 12:49.760 --> 12:50.760 All right. 12:50.760 --> 12:54.760 The Pentium chip has become the standard Intel microprocessor for personal computers. 12:54.760 --> 12:58.760 Some of you may have even inserted a Pentium into a CPU slot. 12:58.760 --> 13:03.760 When you did that, did you notice how many pins there are on a Pentium chip? 13:03.760 --> 13:04.760 You can answer in range. 13:04.760 --> 13:11.760 Are there between 50 and 100, between 100 and 200, between 200 and 300, or more than 300? 13:11.760 --> 13:12.760 How many pins on a chip, Mike? 13:12.760 --> 13:13.760 100 to 200. 13:13.760 --> 13:14.760 Sorry? 13:14.760 --> 13:15.760 100 to 200. 13:15.760 --> 13:17.760 That is not correct, I'm afraid. 13:17.760 --> 13:20.760 There are 296 pins on the chip, 296. 13:20.760 --> 13:21.760 All right. 13:21.760 --> 13:22.760 We're out of time for round three. 13:22.760 --> 13:25.760 We're going to wrap it up and continue in just a second with round four. 13:25.760 --> 13:29.760 The score, West Coast, 150, East Coast, 70. 13:29.760 --> 13:43.760 All right. 13:43.760 --> 13:44.760 So this is it. 13:44.760 --> 13:48.760 We are up to round four, the final round in Computer Bowl 10. 13:48.760 --> 13:51.760 The score right now, West Coast, 50, East Coast, 70. 13:51.760 --> 13:52.760 I guess if you're... 13:52.760 --> 13:53.760 150. 13:53.760 --> 13:54.760 150. 13:54.760 --> 13:55.760 I'm sorry. 13:55.760 --> 13:56.760 East Coast... 13:56.760 --> 13:57.760 Oh, yeah, move them on. 13:57.760 --> 13:58.760 West Coast, 150. 13:58.760 --> 13:59.760 Sorry. 13:59.760 --> 14:00.760 West Coast, 150, East Coast, 70. 14:00.760 --> 14:02.760 That means if you guys, I guess, get all three points right in your bonus round question, 14:02.760 --> 14:03.760 you'd be ahead by 10 points. 14:03.760 --> 14:04.760 So there is hope. 14:04.760 --> 14:06.760 John, why don't we get going with the first question here? 14:06.760 --> 14:07.760 This is it. 14:07.760 --> 14:08.760 All right. 14:08.760 --> 14:09.760 Let's fire it up. 14:09.760 --> 14:13.760 Many early programmers cut their teeth on a programming language called GW Basic. 14:13.760 --> 14:15.760 What do the letters GW stand for? 14:15.760 --> 14:16.760 Mike, GWiz. 14:16.760 --> 14:17.760 GWiz is right. 14:17.760 --> 14:18.760 Good. 14:18.760 --> 14:19.760 One, two, three. 14:19.760 --> 14:20.760 Whoa, they're hot. 14:20.760 --> 14:21.760 John. 14:21.760 --> 14:22.760 All right. 14:22.760 --> 14:27.760 The publishers of the Rough Travel USA Guide first put their entire contents of the book 14:27.760 --> 14:29.760 on the website in 1995. 14:29.760 --> 14:32.760 What effect did this have on the sales of the paper version of the book? 14:32.760 --> 14:38.760 Did sales drop by 25%, stay the same, go up 25%, or triple? 14:38.760 --> 14:40.760 What happened when they put it on the website, Seth? 14:40.760 --> 14:41.760 Triple. 14:41.760 --> 14:42.760 Right, the sales tripled. 14:42.760 --> 14:43.760 There's a moral. 14:43.760 --> 14:46.760 10 points over here. 14:46.760 --> 14:48.760 Next one, John. 14:48.760 --> 14:53.760 Decision Analyst Incorporated recently compared the productivity of the 50 most populous cities 14:53.760 --> 14:58.760 in the United States based on such factors as employment rates, growth rates, use of 14:58.760 --> 14:59.760 technology, et cetera. 14:59.760 --> 15:01.760 Which city placed first? 15:01.760 --> 15:05.760 Was it Boston, Seattle, Minneapolis, St. Paul, or San Jose? 15:05.760 --> 15:06.760 All right, Michael. 15:06.760 --> 15:07.760 Seattle. 15:07.760 --> 15:08.760 Wrong. 15:08.760 --> 15:09.760 San Jose was the answer. 15:09.760 --> 15:10.760 All right. 15:10.760 --> 15:11.760 Good try. 15:11.760 --> 15:12.760 You lost on that one. 15:12.760 --> 15:13.760 John, let's go to the next one. 15:13.760 --> 15:15.760 And it really does say here Boston placed 28th. 15:15.760 --> 15:18.760 I didn't want to tell him that. 15:18.760 --> 15:19.760 He's a local crowd. 15:19.760 --> 15:20.760 Come on, guys. 15:20.760 --> 15:21.760 All right. 15:21.760 --> 15:25.760 Computer Retail Week recently listed CompUSA as the number one computer retailer in the 15:25.760 --> 15:27.760 country for 1997. 15:27.760 --> 15:28.760 Who came in second? 15:28.760 --> 15:29.760 Bill. 15:29.760 --> 15:30.760 Best Buy. 15:30.760 --> 15:31.760 Best Buy is right. 15:31.760 --> 15:32.760 All right. 15:32.760 --> 15:33.760 All right. 15:33.760 --> 15:37.760 Let's go to our next video question. 15:37.760 --> 15:42.760 This celebrity question comes from Dave House, chairman and CEO of Bay Networks. 15:42.760 --> 15:44.760 Here is Dave's question. 15:44.760 --> 15:52.760 The growth of the Internet is in a large part the result of a network standard called TCPIP. 15:52.760 --> 15:56.760 In that phrase, IP stands for Internet Protocol. 15:56.760 --> 15:58.760 What does TCP stand for? 15:58.760 --> 15:59.760 Mark? 15:59.760 --> 16:01.760 Transmission Control Protocol. 16:01.760 --> 16:02.760 You got it. 16:02.760 --> 16:04.760 You're fast. 16:04.760 --> 16:05.760 All right, John. 16:05.760 --> 16:06.760 Let's go. 16:06.760 --> 16:07.760 All right. 16:07.760 --> 16:10.760 In Silicon Valley, there are several streets and roads named after people and products in 16:10.760 --> 16:12.760 the computer industry. 16:12.760 --> 16:17.760 Of the following, which is not a real street name in Silicon Valley? 16:17.760 --> 16:22.760 Wazway, Resistor Avenue, VLSI Parkway, or Floppy Drive? 16:22.760 --> 16:23.760 Mike? 16:23.760 --> 16:24.760 Floppy Drive. 16:24.760 --> 16:25.760 That is not correct. 16:25.760 --> 16:27.760 Believe it or not, there is no Floppy Drive. 16:27.760 --> 16:29.760 VLSI Parkway. 16:29.760 --> 16:30.760 There is no such thing. 16:30.760 --> 16:31.760 All right. 16:31.760 --> 16:32.760 Good try. 16:32.760 --> 16:33.760 All right. 16:33.760 --> 16:34.760 East Coast, this is it. 16:34.760 --> 16:36.760 This is your final bonus round. 16:36.760 --> 16:37.760 30. 16:37.760 --> 16:40.760 So how many points go to each question? 16:40.760 --> 16:41.760 30. 16:41.760 --> 16:43.760 30 points a question. 16:43.760 --> 16:44.760 Sudden death. 16:44.760 --> 16:48.760 East Coast, East Coast, East Coast, East Coast. 16:48.760 --> 16:49.760 All right. 16:49.760 --> 16:51.760 Hoo, hoo, hoo. 16:51.760 --> 16:56.760 The category is Geography. 16:56.760 --> 17:01.760 The world's fastest computer is called the Gravity Pipeline. 17:01.760 --> 17:03.760 It's being built for research in astronomy. 17:03.760 --> 17:05.760 I want to know where is it being built. 17:05.760 --> 17:06.760 Where is it located? 17:06.760 --> 17:11.760 Is it Tokyo, San Jose, Cambridge, Massachusetts, or Cambridge, England? 17:11.760 --> 17:14.760 Where is the Gravity Pipeline being built? 17:14.760 --> 17:17.760 Which of those four cities? 17:17.760 --> 17:21.760 It will be the fastest computer in the world. 17:21.760 --> 17:22.760 Cambridge, England. 17:22.760 --> 17:23.760 That is wrong. 17:23.760 --> 17:24.760 It is Tokyo. 17:24.760 --> 17:25.760 I'm very sorry. 17:25.760 --> 17:26.760 It's okay. 17:26.760 --> 17:27.760 We got time. 17:27.760 --> 17:30.760 We got time. 17:30.760 --> 17:33.760 Not enough, but we have time. 17:33.760 --> 17:36.760 The DigiPen Institute of Technology is a new... 17:36.760 --> 17:37.760 What? 17:37.760 --> 17:41.760 The DigiPen, DigiPen Institute of Technology is a new four-year college. 17:41.760 --> 17:46.760 It is the first ever to specialize in computer game programming. 17:46.760 --> 17:48.760 Where is this new college located? 17:48.760 --> 17:54.760 Is it in Redmond, Washington, San Jose, California, Cambridge, Massachusetts, or Reading, England? 17:54.760 --> 18:04.760 The DigiPen Institute of Technology, new four-year college specializing in computer game programming, is located where? 18:04.760 --> 18:06.760 Reading, England. 18:06.760 --> 18:07.760 I would have said the same thing, but it's wrong. 18:07.760 --> 18:09.760 Redmond, Washington. 18:09.760 --> 18:10.760 Sorry, guys. 18:10.760 --> 18:11.760 That's what we meant. 18:11.760 --> 18:12.760 I know. 18:12.760 --> 18:15.760 It begins with the same word. 18:15.760 --> 18:19.760 I think that because we're wearing these puffy shirts, we should get easier at this. 18:19.760 --> 18:20.760 Here's an easy question. 18:20.760 --> 18:22.760 Here's an easy question with the last one. 18:22.760 --> 18:31.760 If you count up the number of information technology jobs in the United States, the following states rank in the top three in this order. 18:31.760 --> 18:34.760 California, one, New York, two, Texas, third. 18:34.760 --> 18:40.760 Which state ranks fourth in technology jobs in the country? 18:40.760 --> 18:48.760 California, New York, Texas, and then for 30 points. 18:48.760 --> 18:53.760 Don't say anything. 18:53.760 --> 18:54.760 Your time is almost up, Mike. 18:54.760 --> 18:56.760 I'm going to need an answer. 18:56.760 --> 18:57.760 Which state ranks fourth? 18:57.760 --> 18:58.760 Illinois. 18:58.760 --> 18:59.760 Right. 18:59.760 --> 19:00.760 Well done. 19:00.760 --> 19:01.760 Okay. 19:01.760 --> 19:02.760 Very good. 19:02.760 --> 19:04.760 That was a tough one. 19:04.760 --> 19:05.760 All right. 19:05.760 --> 19:06.760 Well, we did a little bit there. 19:06.760 --> 19:07.760 I don't know. 19:07.760 --> 19:08.760 West Coast, 180, East Coast, 50. 19:08.760 --> 19:11.760 It's time to start to focus, guys. 19:11.760 --> 19:12.760 There you go. 19:12.760 --> 19:13.760 All right, John, come on. 19:13.760 --> 19:24.760 Our last year, Scott Adams, the creator of the comic strip Dilbert, posed as a management consultant and succeeded in offering some bizarre advice to a large high-tech company. 19:24.760 --> 19:26.760 Which company fell for the ruse? 19:26.760 --> 19:27.760 Was it Apple? 19:27.760 --> 19:28.760 All right, Bill thinks he knows. 19:28.760 --> 19:29.760 Logitech. 19:29.760 --> 19:30.760 Logitech is right. 19:30.760 --> 19:32.760 You guys are hot. 19:32.760 --> 19:35.760 All right, here's our final celebrity question on video. 19:35.760 --> 19:40.760 It comes from one of our judges, Andy Cunningham, founder and CEO of Cunningham Communications. 19:40.760 --> 19:43.760 Here is Andy's question. 19:43.760 --> 19:47.760 Earlier this year in Boston, the first juvenile charged with computer hacking was arraigned. 19:47.760 --> 19:50.760 Whose computer system did he break into? 19:50.760 --> 19:57.760 Was it an airport control tower, the Massachusetts State Police, Boston City Hall, or the legal seafood restaurant chain? 19:57.760 --> 19:59.760 Airport control tower. 19:59.760 --> 20:00.760 All right. 20:00.760 --> 20:03.760 Good. 20:03.760 --> 20:04.760 Worcester Airport, that's right. 20:04.760 --> 20:05.760 John, go ahead. 20:05.760 --> 20:14.760 All right, Wired Magazine recently reported on a survey in which children were asked, if you had to choose, which would you rather keep, your TV or your PC? 20:14.760 --> 20:16.760 The PC got the higher percentage answer. 20:16.760 --> 20:20.760 What percentage said they would rather keep the PC? 20:20.760 --> 20:24.760 Was it approximately 60%, 70%, 80%, or 90%? 20:24.760 --> 20:25.760 Mark? 20:25.760 --> 20:26.760 60%. 20:26.760 --> 20:27.760 That's not correct. 20:27.760 --> 20:28.760 It was 70%. 20:28.760 --> 20:29.760 Well, good try. 20:29.760 --> 20:30.760 All right, John, let's get the next one. 20:30.760 --> 20:31.760 All right. 20:31.760 --> 20:37.760 Possibly the most famous Internet hoax of last year involved the Chicago Tribune column about a commencement address at MIT. 20:37.760 --> 20:47.760 In a classic case of Internet misinformation, when the story was published on the net, the remarks in the alleged commencement address were inaccurately attributed to a fake. 20:47.760 --> 20:48.760 Seth? 20:48.760 --> 20:49.760 Kurt? 20:49.760 --> 20:50.760 Ponagin. 20:50.760 --> 20:51.760 Right. 20:51.760 --> 20:52.760 Got it. 20:52.760 --> 20:53.760 Well done. 20:53.760 --> 20:54.760 All right. 20:54.760 --> 20:56.760 Well, 190 to 70. 20:56.760 --> 20:57.760 Try again. 20:57.760 --> 21:02.760 All right, Intel occasionally gives out an award to an employee called the Muzzle Award. 21:02.760 --> 21:05.760 For what activity is the Muzzle Award given? 21:05.760 --> 21:06.760 Walt? 21:06.760 --> 21:08.760 Leaking to the press. 21:08.760 --> 21:10.760 Well, what do you say, judges? 21:10.760 --> 21:12.760 I'm kind of on his side on that one. 21:12.760 --> 21:14.760 It's not quite specific. 21:14.760 --> 21:15.760 I'd say, yeah. 21:15.760 --> 21:16.760 What kind of leaking? 21:16.760 --> 21:17.760 I give it to him. 21:17.760 --> 21:18.760 What is the answer? 21:18.760 --> 21:19.760 Yeah, I give it to him. 21:19.760 --> 21:21.760 All right, well done. 21:21.760 --> 21:22.760 Hey, I know. 21:22.760 --> 21:23.760 What's the answer? 21:23.760 --> 21:24.760 He's the press. 21:24.760 --> 21:25.760 Of course he knows. 21:25.760 --> 21:28.760 You've got to answer these questions in those shirts, for crying out loud. 21:28.760 --> 21:29.760 That's a handy guy. 21:29.760 --> 21:30.760 No question. 21:30.760 --> 21:31.760 Give him a break, will you? 21:31.760 --> 21:32.760 John, give me another shot. 21:32.760 --> 21:33.760 All right. 21:33.760 --> 21:38.760 We don't see too many slide rules anymore in the age of calculators and computers, but 21:38.760 --> 21:41.760 many companies used to make and sell the trusty old engineer's best friend. 21:41.760 --> 21:45.760 Of the following companies, which one did not manufacture slide rules? 21:45.760 --> 21:49.760 Post, K&E, Castelfaber, or Black & Decker? 21:49.760 --> 21:51.760 Robert? 21:51.760 --> 21:52.760 Castelfaber. 21:52.760 --> 21:54.760 That is not right. 21:54.760 --> 21:56.760 It was Black & Decker. 21:56.760 --> 21:58.760 Castelfaber did make slide rules. 21:58.760 --> 21:59.760 Good try, though. 21:59.760 --> 22:00.760 All right, John, let's go. 22:00.760 --> 22:01.760 All right. 22:01.760 --> 22:02.760 Last year, CompuServe was acquired by AOL. 22:02.760 --> 22:05.760 Before that acquisition, who owned CompuServe? 22:05.760 --> 22:06.760 Michael. 22:06.760 --> 22:07.760 H&R Block. 22:07.760 --> 22:08.760 That was an easy one. 22:08.760 --> 22:09.760 All right. 22:09.760 --> 22:10.760 Tony, let's go over here. 22:10.760 --> 22:11.760 Objection. 22:11.760 --> 22:15.760 It was partially public before the acquisition by AOL. 22:15.760 --> 22:17.760 They only owned 80%. 22:17.760 --> 22:18.760 Hey, maybe we'll even this. 22:18.760 --> 22:19.760 I'll take 80%. 22:19.760 --> 22:20.760 80% is good. 22:20.760 --> 22:22.760 We'll take your point under consideration. 22:22.760 --> 22:23.760 Move on. 22:23.760 --> 22:24.760 All right. 22:24.760 --> 22:26.760 He's a tough one, isn't he? 22:26.760 --> 22:27.760 All right. 22:27.760 --> 22:29.760 A well-known science fiction novel by Douglas Adams, 22:29.760 --> 22:33.760 a computer provided the answer to the question of life, the universe, and everything. 22:33.760 --> 22:34.760 What was the name? 22:34.760 --> 22:35.760 Mark already knows. 22:35.760 --> 22:36.760 Deep Thought. 22:36.760 --> 22:37.760 Well done. 22:37.760 --> 22:38.760 From? 22:38.760 --> 22:39.760 From? 22:39.760 --> 22:40.760 Yeah, that's the right answer. 22:40.760 --> 22:41.760 From what? 22:41.760 --> 22:43.760 Oh, life, the universe, and everything. 22:43.760 --> 22:45.760 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 22:45.760 --> 22:46.760 Here's a hint. 22:46.760 --> 22:47.760 That's all right. 22:47.760 --> 22:48.760 You got your 10 points. 22:48.760 --> 22:49.760 Just having fun with you. 22:49.760 --> 22:50.760 I'm wrong. 22:50.760 --> 22:51.760 All right. 22:51.760 --> 22:52.760 Go ahead. 22:52.760 --> 22:55.760 A well-known scientist has written a fascinating book that delves into the alternative universe 22:55.760 --> 22:59.760 lives of such computing pioneers as Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace. 22:59.760 --> 23:01.760 What was the name of the book? 23:01.760 --> 23:02.760 Denise? 23:02.760 --> 23:03.760 Difference Engine. 23:03.760 --> 23:04.760 Absolutely right. 23:04.760 --> 23:05.760 Difference Engine. 23:05.760 --> 23:06.760 These guys are on again. 23:06.760 --> 23:07.760 All right. 23:07.760 --> 23:08.760 All right. 23:08.760 --> 23:13.760 Well-known industry analyst and observer Esther Dyson recently came out with a book about 23:13.760 --> 23:15.760 the new high-tech world we live in. 23:15.760 --> 23:16.760 What is the complete? 23:16.760 --> 23:17.760 Seth? 23:17.760 --> 23:21.760 Release 2.0. 23:21.760 --> 23:22.760 Complete title. 23:22.760 --> 23:23.760 We did... 23:23.760 --> 23:24.760 Hold on, hold on. 23:24.760 --> 23:27.760 We didn't really get to finish the question, and I think judges, do you agree we should 23:27.760 --> 23:28.760 finish the question and give the others... 23:28.760 --> 23:29.760 I think you need to finish the question. 23:29.760 --> 23:30.760 Yeah. 23:30.760 --> 23:31.760 I'm sorry. 23:31.760 --> 23:32.760 We didn't finish the question, so John, go ahead. 23:32.760 --> 23:33.760 One of you guys get ready. 23:33.760 --> 23:34.760 All right. 23:34.760 --> 23:37.760 What is the complete title of Esther's new book? 23:37.760 --> 23:38.760 All right. 23:38.760 --> 23:39.760 It's pretty easy now. 23:39.760 --> 23:40.760 Scott? 23:40.760 --> 23:43.760 Release 2.0, Designed for the Computer Age. 23:43.760 --> 23:46.760 I don't think that's good enough. 23:46.760 --> 23:48.760 Not if we penalize those guys. 23:48.760 --> 23:52.760 It's Designed for Living in the Digital Age, we asked her for the accurate complete title. 23:52.760 --> 23:53.760 Is that the subtitle? 23:53.760 --> 23:54.760 Yeah. 23:54.760 --> 23:55.760 Or part of the title itself? 23:55.760 --> 23:56.760 It is the full title of the book. 23:56.760 --> 23:57.760 Just checking. 23:57.760 --> 23:58.760 John? 23:58.760 --> 23:59.760 He's just checking. 23:59.760 --> 24:02.760 It's kind of nitpicking at this point, Seth. 24:02.760 --> 24:03.760 Go ahead, John. 24:03.760 --> 24:04.760 It's only 2.20 to 70. 24:04.760 --> 24:05.760 Let it go. 24:05.760 --> 24:06.760 Let it go. 24:06.760 --> 24:07.760 All right. 24:07.760 --> 24:12.760 Two years ago, IDC did a study of the software business, measuring in dollars the amount 24:12.760 --> 24:17.760 sold in three different software categories, package software, application development 24:17.760 --> 24:19.760 tools, and system software. 24:19.760 --> 24:23.760 Which category was the leader in dollars sales volume? 24:23.760 --> 24:24.760 All right. 24:24.760 --> 24:26.760 I saw Scott go. 24:26.760 --> 24:27.760 Package software. 24:27.760 --> 24:28.760 Package software, of course. 24:28.760 --> 24:29.760 That's right. 24:29.760 --> 24:31.760 Well, I hate to say it, guys. 24:31.760 --> 24:32.760 Time is up. 24:32.760 --> 24:36.760 The final score, 230-70. 24:36.760 --> 24:39.760 The winners again, the West Coast. 24:39.760 --> 24:42.760 Congratulations to our winners. 24:42.760 --> 24:45.760 That wraps up the 10th annual Computer Bowl. 24:45.760 --> 24:52.760 Thank you all very much for joining us. 24:52.760 --> 24:57.760 Computer Chronicles is made possible in part by SoftSource Incorporated, publishers of 24:57.760 --> 25:01.760 Pro1 Software, educational software for young adults. 25:01.760 --> 25:10.760 And by Z Auction, a live online shopping experience. 25:10.760 --> 25:15.760 Additional funding from PC Connection and Mac Connection, the catalog and online superstore 25:15.760 --> 25:22.760 with PC and Mac products, toll-free technical support and overnight delivery. 25:22.760 --> 25:28.760 And by Windows Magazine, delivering desktop, enterprise, and Internet computing news, reviews, 25:28.760 --> 25:36.760 features, and how-tos for a Windows world, because the world runs on Windows. 25:36.760 --> 25:45.760 To purchase a videotape copy of today's program, call toll-free 1-888-310-7850. 25:45.760 --> 25:51.760 Please specify the show number and the topic. 25:51.760 --> 25:55.760 Next week on the Computer Chronicles, home design software. 25:55.760 --> 25:58.760 We'll show you how to create your new dream home right on your PC. 25:58.760 --> 26:03.760 We'll show you how professional architects use the same kind of software to build million-dollar homes. 26:03.760 --> 26:08.760 If you just want to redesign a part of your house, we'll look at software that lets you create a new bathroom 26:08.760 --> 26:12.760 and a home center that uses computers to help you remodel that old kitchen. 26:12.760 --> 26:17.760 Plus, we'll visit one of the best websites for do-it-yourselfers and a look at some software 26:17.760 --> 26:20.760 that will help you plan the perfect garden around your house. 26:20.760 --> 26:24.760 Plus, my pick of the week, a terrific new program for redesigning yourself. 26:24.760 --> 26:46.760 It's all coming up next week on the Computer Chronicles.